Per the radio drama, Tantive 4 thought they were in the clear when they jumped to lightspeed towards Tatooine. They were wrong when they found the Star Destroyer Devastator jumped out of hyperspace behind them in Tatooine's system.

It's a good thing they didn't go straight to Yavin's system.

But Vader knew Tantive 4 received transmissions from rebel spies. They would've known if Yavin's 4 received those transmissions too.

But, this is all just my assumption. Whether correct or not, who knows?

Per the radio drama, Tantive 4 thought they were in the clear when they jumped to lightspeed towards Tatooine. They were wrong when they found the Star Destroyer Devastator jumped out of hyperspace behind them in Tatooine's system.

It's a good thing they didn't go straight to Yavin's system.

But Vader knew Tantive 4 received transmissions from rebel spies. They would've known if Yavin's 4 received those transmissions too.

But, this is all just my assumption. Whether correct or not, who knows?

Why not just literally blast the plans out to EVERYONE in the galaxy? Every planet, every news group, everyone.

It'd get sent to the spam folder and no one would read it.

Seriously though, the internet didn't exist in 1977 (at least not to the public), so it probably didn't occur to Lucas that something like the HoloNet would exist and be in common usage.

I once saw a website that described how movie and tv plots would have been changed if the Internet existed at the time the material was made. I wonder how the Internet's existence would have influenced the ANH plot. I suspect that it is possible that Lucas may have altered the way the plans were captured and disseminated. For instance, I am sure the method the Bothans would have used involved hacking. I think in Star Wars it is called slicing.

Why not just literally blast the plans out to EVERYONE in the galaxy? Every planet, every news group, everyone.

It'd get sent to the spam folder and no one would read it.

Seriously though, the internet didn't exist in 1977 (at least not to the public), so it probably didn't occur to Lucas that something like the HoloNet would exist and be in common usage.

I once saw a website that described how movie and tv plots would have been changed if the Internet existed at the time the material was made. I wonder how the Internet's existence would have influenced the ANH plot. I suspect that it is possible that Lucas may have altered the way the plans were captured and disseminated. For instance, I am sure the method the Bothans would have used involved hacking. I think in Star Wars it is called slicing.

The rebels had the plans for all of 10mins and found a weakness - Death Star enema! Why with all their resourecs did the Imperial technicians/engineers not find this?

Given that it's only 2 meters wide and protected by ray shields which necessitated the Alliance using proton torpedoes and led one Rebel pilot to say that it was impossible to hit; i'd assume that the Empire probably thought it wasn't a weakness.